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Salient. Victoria University of Wellington Student's Newspaper. Volume 31, Number 5. April 2 1968

Intramural sports

Intramural sports

The Intramural Sports Programme at the gymnasium is now well under way and most departments are represented in at least one competition.

In badminton the staff team is leading mainly because of skill and partly because they have the best raquets and play an all male team against others which are mixed.

Other teams are confident that endurance factors will soon compensate for these privilages.

The most succesful of the other 15 teams (in choice of opponents) are Scots College Old Boys (including two girls!), Music, Biochemistry, and Chemistry.

A team of Salient staff, apparently with more time to practise now that the paper appears weekly, has taken a convincing lead in the four-a-side indoor soccer competition.

They are threatened by a Geography team which has the unfair advantage of having soccer players in its ranks and in order, by Chemistry, Fijian Students, Malaysian Students, and Classics teams.

Volleyball strength seems to lie in the Economics, Social Science and Psychology Departments' team although the Classics Department and the VUM Volleyball Club Women's Team seem to be gathering ominous mometum.

In basketball the Botany Department team has impressed most by its skill and the Law, Chemistry and Philosophy Department teams by their adaptability.

The Exec Team, led by Sports Officer Rod Trott, made the heaviest impression at the beginning but after last week's restrained confrontation with the Women's Basketball club team, they have learned that the referee usually prefers a forward past to a crunch tackle.

There are still several departments conspicuosly absent from the competitions.

Their self-appointed champions would be welcome in any or all of the competitions.

In particular more teams are required to make the table tennis competition keener and to contain the confidence of a guileful and unbeaten staff team.